Pan remains at large, and the New Haven Police Department is expected to provide additional information related to the case on Monday, Captain Anthony Duff, a spokesman for the department, confirmed to CNN.
Pan contacted the North Haven Police Department “shortly after” the murder, New Haven Police Chief Otoniel Reyes said during a news conference on Wednesday, adding that “extreme caution should be used if you come in.” contact with that individual “and that the public should see Pan as” armed and dangerous “.
Jiang, a sophomore at the Yale Environmental School, was killed about a mile from Yale’s main campus. New Haven police responded shortly after 8:30 pm to reports of multiple shots and one person being shot. Witnesses saw “a shiny new black vehicle fleeing the scene,” according to a Yale Police Department press release.
The New Haven police did not comment on whether any reason could be established, whether the two knew each other and whether it was definitely Pan who was involved in a car accident with Jiang that preceded the murder.
There are also two other arrest warrants for Pan: one for stealing a vehicle outside of Massachusetts and the other for possession of a stolen vehicle in North Haven, Reyes said. The FBI, along with other federal partners, including the US Marshals, ATF and DEA, are helping with the investigation.